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The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898

( ACT NO. V OF 1898 )

[ 22nd March, 1898 ]

Part VI

PROCEEDINGS IN PROSECUTIONS

Chapter XV

OF THE JURISDICTION OF THE CRIMINAL COURTS IN INQUIRIES AND TRIALS

A.-Place of Inquiry or Trial

Power to order cases to be tried in different sessions divisions
178. Notwithstanding anything contained in section 177, the Government may direct that any cases or class of cases 1[sent] for trial in any district may be tried in any sessions division:
 
 
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  • 1
    The word "sent" was substituted, for the word "committed" by section 2 and Schedule of the Law Reforms Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. XLIX of 1978)
  • 2
    The proviso was omitted by section 5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Third Amendment) Ordinance, 1982 (Ordinance No. LX of 1982)
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